PEDAL POWER OUTPACES SOUTHPORT TRAFFIC
KRISTINA Wiese streams past traffic on her way to The Spit from Southport during her daily rides.
The 65-year-old said she makes the 8km journey from Southport by bike because the traffic to the Spit is usually horrific – and she likes the exercise.
“I like to take my bike so I don’t have to wait,” Ms Weise said.
“On school holidays the traffic is especially bad. If (the roads) cannot cope with it now how will they do it in five years?”
Yesterday the Bulletin revealed independent research commissioned by the State Government suggested 61 per cent of residents supported building a bridge linking Southport directly to The Spit.
But Ms Wiese said she wasn’t sold on the idea.
“It depends on whether they considered riders and pedestrians,” she said.
“A tunnel (across the Broadwater) would be fantastic, but that would cost a lot of money and take a lot of time. It could be a solution.
“If they build a bridge (or tunnel) they would have to build a development.”
Ms Wiese, a nurse who describes herself as politically conservative, said she opposed development at The Spit.
It comes after the same research found 78 per cent of residents believe taller buildings were acceptable for The Spit.
However Ms Weise is among those who disagree.
“I think (The Spit) would be destroyed,” she said. “Why can’t we have space that isn’t touched?”